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Thé Oñeijiapjspatch. , B, Y,UH) Y ìto . A¿JACtfON, Proprietor». PU bi 'LIDHIÍD ÍEVEÜY 8ATTTBDAY, L|-^ ■ IN ÒNEIDA, Nj Y. ce il» Merchaist’s Exchange, 3d S torr, Co Riots or MAp jjLND CjdtSTKUT S ta - op t j b [ o t k - p e r JA.p_n.-u¡rá ini. A d y a n o e x j ^ o jrw i a e , ¡ 8 Ä .Ö O . _ | & No papsr.discontinued (until [all arrearage! are aid, «accept lit tlie òptlon of the publliher*. I ' ¡/ (tv| j ( 1 y- /rr ••> ! il I • - - J I I H itatTXJsr. p r \¿ » v js * jri8 ijve. 3m. X Column I --- , Ì\\5.10Ò\\| i8Ï50TÏ'\\ç:pÔ\\| \6 m ; • I l r ...... \f*».'0o T O T __ t o l moi .i.;i7.oo i w :( ìò tcoiüh ¿; t : vt : t w 1 ' íó . w T í ïs - qq i &- w •0.00 . fáa’p.Alxtean linea ofjiolld.matter orlleia make one dqu»rc.I * ,f j i i i 'i i ÇJF7 tegaî airertliemenl* lnaerfied at the rate* pre l|byjï1e»*.l / I I ) « I I , in Card Column, not exceedlM i '. i 11 , ■ ÿ . 11 1 ■ »»nlbedhyiew.., - ’or>Bu*lness Carda, aTe^Ifnp, *3 per y ear. Kwrr RtiJinem Notice*-will be inserted In the Reading f7 Yearly: __ -—,------. - , , . , la'r¡quarterly. There will be no derlatlop from adver- tUtd ratei. unle«» a iptjclal contract ii made. ^ | -.•ggC ¡AclYcrtlieraenti riot accompanied with dlrec-[ Mod», wUlba inserted n itll forbid,land'charged accord- lurir.i [ - : -1 \ I j : , v -.¡,- pjrr Cll letter», communications. *C.> ihould be ad drain (idj to’ ^ J ' l »cri,pt(o I RURÔY A ¡JACKSON, Oneida, hladlson Oc., N. Y. JlQ í.B B m M / f l i M '® . iTe'faclilties un^urpasaed or' executing all de-! n* of Job Pointing, with ne'atneaa and dltpaich, and nt moderate prices! 1. I- Jl>US. IP UBI B U S I N E S S 'CARDS. D Y & I J A C O B S . ¡. in Dcv- BKYSTCIANS‘<fe SURGEONS.—Office ¿reujx Block, seccjntl ¿tor^1;MainSt., W l Oneida. I' Tor the OaeidaDlapateh. HYirir to * TZA m u em v ft. 1 God of theHolling ye^r,'. We bbw/suDmissiVe here . Before thy throne ; On thlU Thanksgiving day Let all thy children praÿ; And'the ¡whole nation say: IrThy will'be; done. h- For blessings on the soil, - -a For the regards of toil, \r Thy constant cam . For all thy mercy shown, For all thy love made known; We thank thee, Holy One— ^ Accept our prayer.-' \ Thy-purposes fulfilled, TheVoice of war is stilled, ‘ i All conflicts cease; The Nation]* flag no more, Amid the battleVroar, Ayes death’s sad carnage o’er. And all is Peace. ii High ¡on the scroll of Fame Inscribe eachi patriot’s name Who brayely fell, Defending in his might. His Country,. Justice, Right, The brayesc in the fight-, They sleep jhow well! We mourn thee,'martyred one, -Whose deeds ! of greatness donji 8ha|U bless thy name, And lands beyond the sea Jjoin in our|grief for the«, Wlio’jmade the nation free— J Long-live thy fame! Ini' ' thing I havew o n ’t be^ours, your very own, and fint mine a t all. . And I ’m so proud sometimes when I think it will make a difference ¡to you. • And I want you to do me a gr eat, great favor. You won’t like it, I hnow, but you ¡must promise, n o t to scold m e j u s t t h is ¡once, ” and she looked! up at him with ¡pleading eyes. j He did not seem . much inclined to ¡be angry. > ang: i “ W h a t is it, .Milly ?[) “ But promise me you’ll do it ?” 1 ) “ That’s what you used to ask me When you were a little I pit of a child, but I must hear what [this - wonderful favor » first; ' I don’t altogether trust you ini these sort of things.” “ Well* but you must do it. W h y don’t you say it for rue?. It-is so' hard to get out, and you mean.” ^ ' H She hid her face in know what' I [be bands that •were still on his knee and went on. have to leave long time -ty- garmenu pure and white, North ana 8ou' ^etherj stani One fl«g\on| land andsea, 0' North and South unite— ' Tj T.cgether | To stand ; ¡ne flag\on| land ai March on to Liberty,' March on t¡o.,Victory,. God bless the land ! 15Ö W A R P IL SPnON JER, LAW, A t t o r n e y . &, : g o u n s Oneida, Madison Co ,lN. <-• Go o'dwill’s Store, Mudisi 81 OUNSEliLOR Y' Madison AT Office over8. H. St, «ILI>. K PU N T E R , RQ F I T Cllj jfc|ÇA|| EDNA &] PHYSICIANS. Office in W air .W H, rstli’s’Block, up stairs. ‘R. V/. F itcil , ,.M. D C a k p e h t e ii , Chottnut streets. res.- ! co M.I D., in I. r. Broad <fc Cherry. res. cor.¡Broad <fe ! ' 'I 3tf. • ITAESSINCîÈB.dc J E N K I N S , 1 ATOrdRNErS' &> .¿ ounsellors AT LAW. ÜMclÜui Madison! Có.,1 N. Y. Office bn Mair St^OppositeÛniijin1. F rinting Office. I.'urJi iVIESSINitìER, XÓ-TÁRY.-P IJBLIC - ¿¿noèti Government Claim Back Pay, Pensions, &c, 2|!foriiìad eut Claim .NOT, 0 iladison .Co. Agent for „nimissioner of Commissioner of Commissioner of Commissioner of Also Li-.. Bounty,' All Tiro t i A . D . I MILDRED GRANT. “ I mean if—if youi dhaley, you may be a | fore you get work) tha'; will suit yojjl, and I ’ve more money than I know what to do with, eyen n<^W, and. i f ’you would only, take a little—only a little U-and spend i t for me1,! it would make Rrae so very;* very happy.” And, on t the verge of crying, she put on hiw 1 knee a little purse, netted with bright silk and beads, in which lay bank notes to the, amount o f lOOjj .lie opened it land looked at them with a, moved ex pression. For a secohd he 'did not 1 if CHAPTEU I. ’ ' they order you to give me them out, and hand, shutting up; Mildred, what will you do?” scene wa holi l 'H-' books; I i s a cosy and ratler long as I live% b u t youjj must not ask sionu* room ih a!n English country The . waljls were lined wit|h and a table Jittered with dlib mmars stood in a Jspeak, then he took tucked them into h[er it tightly, into his owfii “ Milly, I cannot do it,” \he said '; “ my darling, I ’ll keep the purse- as the other- . I could not speak openly hand fairly to your guardian if I had that o f his sister, and a lthough hp had beeh recently relieved of that bprden by the. death of the one and theCmar- riage of'the other, y et he had very lit tle .cash wherewith to fill Mildred’s purse. He arrived at the King’s Gross station at noon, thoroughly tired, for he hladtbeen up nearly all-night. The first’ thfng he did after securing a very small lodging (oh, M ildred,’ if you ’could have.seen1 it!) was to go to bed, and to sleep; and when he awoke, to his igreat ¡astonishment It was six o’clock, p. sc. His landlady, having satisfied herself by Various peeps that he. had not disgraced her lodgings by hiring them for suicidal I purposes, had prepared some mutton-chops,to which he sat down with, a good appetite. Af terwards he opened his desk and looked over a manuscript' vclnme hidden there^ no,, hé wo;uld not take another situation as tutor,jhe would givé lessons if he could find pppils,.ajiid, if necessa ry, he would dip.e upon bread^ and cheese; b u ^ h e would devote himself to iiis literary wdrk, and strive to earn for- himself a name that .even Mildred’s friends should not -be ashamed to have t'ionaries and grammars stood in a re cess betweeu tHd two bow^windows. Outside were toj be seen tl^e gay ¡tints <vf a pleasant flo!wer-gardenvand the bjrigl t spring sunsmnei streaming irto cannot.” but rose, and with a sorrow- Uath1 h|efjrtb. man yo 'closely er JA S l B.| J E N K I N S ,VRY PUBLl6 for Oueida' county Deeds for Michigan. | Deeds lor Illinois. | Deeds'fori Wisconsin. \ Deeds f<|r Iowa. | irBW Kilars. Also »H HI ESS IN G E R 4c CNBURANCE AGENTS for y bje and secure co|mpanies XorilJard, Cash capital and Manhattan, the following relia- ;i ' I'\ I surplus $1,310,000. 1 - ' $250,000, AÍlCiqÜC,;^ •X. a u t t s r t i w i i a t f a i » . n BEÑTÜ & ............................ CJffice ik Piel á*’¡ Block1, M ain * t., ONI X. T/Ussm-XT,. 1.8' Ili n~L . . IDA, Ni te. ' I - jVVl W. G oodkil . , b b J a . DENT, DÉN' MercbAnt’ßp Ca C A ItS U A iE1 C H E R R Y 1IST, Oneida,] N. Y.Í Office xelmuge, ¡«¿-stairsj Maiu St. i: wore a arm-chsjir drawn up :to tlie I She;!ifB«ifyed invsilence, and method- Iii this ill)air sat’ a-tall sps.re jcally tidied the room sihout twenty-seven, whi^se | « Come here, Mildred,” he a pi casant!voice, the room, lightedVp even the( heavy _ dainask window-curtains and ;tlje dark I need notigrudge us tha i, at all events.” touched it. Mildred, She said no riiore, stood looking at the fird ful face. Presently lie roused him self, and, lpoking a t hijj watoh, said: “ P u t away your book, JMLilly,. and we will have a last walk; together ; they said, shaven' add. rather thin fajee I when she had done, and putting his somewhat! stern look, belied by arm round her, he whispered : “ You and a kindly,' genial must nbt.take it to hekrt that I could 8inil'ei.l,-r A pair, df thinly mounted not do what you asked me. When short-sighted spectacles'made him look you think it cjver you I will .see I was older,¡than he really was, but. belli id | rlghi, but tf»cre-is one pi them, twiukled a the fire,( her brija; er untidily about it o f gold yon her bear. H e lighted his pipe upon this determination, and nctually awoke faithful to it the tieitm erning, a great thing to say for any mraan resolu tion. Four years had .nearl|y passed. It was October, and the following Christ mas eve would be M ildred’s twenty -1 first'birthday. Mr.' Ret ve sat by the fire in the identical lodging he had ta ken on his first arrival in Loi»don. As he expected, he had. »seen nothing of the Carlton familly. (rimy did pot come to town, and he was debarred by his promise from peeking inter? course with Mildred. Now and .then he had read Miss Grant’s name as>hav ing been present a t such and such a country ball or archery meeting,’and his t^ust in her was so implicit that these announcements simply interested him without costing him a pang. Con sidering Mildred’s you h, such confi dence may seem strange, but Edward Reeve was so little used to the ways of the world and the way's of women, as To be stiU,.in such matters, as unso phisticated as a boy. -He had grown sparer-and graver in these years. How hard had been his struggle with pover ty he alone knew,, but he had fought bravely, and his luck seamed now just on the. turn. In the , n rst place the pair of rem arkatly may give me, and.theieit is,” he add- handsome gray eyes. A girl o f seven- ed, gently .touching her bright hair., teen was standing on the rug before Now go and get reaoy. God bless it hair tumbled rai h- you, darling,” and he bent down and _ heii face, and the lit- kissed herv lips. - tie vfingers, .somewhat daubed'-with The next d a y 'th e ( iilk, held a German grammar,- as if she told, and had met wit her master’s help in Mr. Reeve expected, half-written exercise tleman born and breci liad come to task the matter of thje 'lying on xhe table. 4 ÈV< 1 Acad* E v e ryone w|ip visited — — *al _ _______ ....... , —e ^ cadeniy in 1862 remembers Mr. Mil- boy to whom he was tutor, was a crime l I • _ . .. _L •. « r«i « -• I J* . .. -i lais’ beautiful “ Grant jjjirl in her as night have been taken for It ATTpRN ■ « 2 D P RNEYAT ¿.AW, (Oneida, Mudispn Co., Office iu Btouc’ß Block, Madison St.; SIIÖ E C R A F T r r gave ii ATTORNEYS :<fc ‘ Oneida, Mudiso Block,.over KiV' d:SNO>V, 0UNSELLÖR8 AT1 LAW, Oneida, MudisokQo., N. Y. Office in Empire CotainissLoner o: .¿urgh’B1 Store. J ohn S now Deeaafor Michigan anil Wis consin. H O L L E N B E C K ' XHOTÓGRÁPH Ü.ND ÍÁMBROTYFB i GAL- ■' LERY. Màm stiieet'i On'èiida, N., Y. Pictures ' satisfaction LLi* J. ...'i«*« OllbUV, . Y “ — pf all kinds and] sizes taken, and guaranteed - j ; ! E..'Ó s t Í i ANI>ER, ONEIDA, :-:G o .,N,| y . Office East side |of Main street, nearly oppo- •Ua'the Walrath. B.loplc, Madison AH work warranted.' J I' '/'ITÌÀ S Ò IIIC . Ò HEID A LODGE, Nò. 1.270,! holds Its regular >I'l'nLj.t« ’ >vn lAwaf.. llavr «VATI. ?*i eetingo [every (first- and third Thursday even- ir.ni. mirtvitv» Hall in Stone’s new Ins's in eich month, block. IJ M 1 J • A l . ( b e n ^ i e t t , MANUFACTURER ¡of jTin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware,- and [dealer in Stoyes and Iron Wáre',generally Oneida. 1 ¡Number 4, Empire Block, H A R B L E W P R K S . MONUMENTS-and Headstones’ Of, etery s¡tyle ,k¡e^t' constantly on hand l^pnade to order on short, notice, jj ygr Tl: p best^of American or Italian Miwbls used jin all cases, Ma disio n , street, ¡Oneida. -'If. B.H. Shop on EY, Proprietor. - B A C ON IIO'YEE, . i conveyed, in her hi? it, Reevo tliee R oy Mildred Grant, th hélf-sister of the Trust me.’’ Mildred of such magnitude as [j never tb have I « i v 1 _ « p i*; 1. • • ' »* i j . j L that. to pic render r unnecessary1 i,“ And. if they up, ,Mi dred, wh ije iiskeil the abl^ lit eded no àjtory had j 'been i the reception should have ventured That lip. £en- was, ¡to make love to though be been imagined or provided against by tiro; she was so like her mother, Mrs. Carlton.. Nq^sierds further descriptipn j could express her indignation and. dis may, and few were \yhsted in the at- order youlto give line I tempt. Mildred had pleaded a\ liead- at will yotc ao ?” . ache and gone to bedjjmmediately af- question, but he projb- ter ; dinner, and on .th|e news Mr. iumwer, and Mildred I R eeve’s presumption being cpmm^titii- 1 to Mrs^Carlton,1 that l!ady felt >m\ except such as might be cátéd shy look 'from, une eylMidsf b u t she, came up to the justice to her feelings ehiiir, aud, t landing by the side of her daughter for that laid her hanq [on the arm. A larger view which-Mildred had exceedingly hand judveredv.t instantly, and. Mr. dreaded. B u t Mr. Carlton, Mildred’s looked a Mildred!; I it is child,¡you have er herself so totally , incabable of doing that she spared night an intera I > into her eyes. step-father and guardian, was a sensi- * “j And you re iily think you have the ble man, and withal a|gerttleman, and courage-Ho holH out? Four years, j although he disliked^the .idea of the a through, but hoiv to help’ it long time. Poor marriage as much as his wife could do, a good deal to |go yet he did not refuse tqjmeet Mr. Reeve ined to grumble never j felt so ine my position.’’ Really?” she questioned with I upon equal térms, arid¡ was willing to at I waive the breach of: confidence o,n which his wife insisledj so strongly, in á 1 consideration of their ¡own imprudence ___ ii __ i.J \m\ 4/x Un, OA gleam1 o f a smile1, then, changing her |m haying allowed Mildred to-be^so . ___ it J Id 1 — \ book wna nctually published, and,# al- nsnei . ___ though it. yet had m<et with' np special welcome, from the public, it had been very favorably reviewed by several leading periodicals. One of these crit pipe in mouth, easure in her ilialt very time, r two with his and down the iques he was now about, to read. He felt ver)r proud and glad, aud as he took the paper in his hand he fancied how Mildred night be read ing i t , - with tears of - pi bright eyes, perhaps at He toyed, for a minute o impatience, glancing up paper; suddenly.hfe chauged color, a marriage .announcement caught ' his eye: i O n 't h e 15th Inst., at- the Parish Church, Cbaley Bridge, Yorkshire, Sir Edward Lifford, Bai t., to Mildred; only, daughter of the late Richard Grant; Esq., of Chaley flail. A mist passed across E d ward Reeve’s sight, his. face was very white, and lie sat quite motionless. Presently he qui etly laid aside the paper, and shielded his eyes with ;his hand; a low “ God. help^me!” escaped from his lips, had it been a shriek i t would, n o t have told more plainly of actile pain. He sat so, in thought or prayer, or perhaps only in suffering, for Mjqut $ then he. fose and fetche took out first a little. half an hour, d his desk. He paper packet), opened it, and Mildred’s bright hair - ii - • — - — - - curled found his finger. If he had p u t ixë wonld hâve HICHIU UiT » oiuiLV^ vl***\0**'o 1* j C9 '*| -- -----n tone; t‘But don’t you-think there is afmUcn With .her brother’s tutor.. But little chance of tfféV<^nsentingnow?’H be ¡represented! fairly to -Mr. Reeve i “ Deafest, chijdie, no I When you I that if he remained inj the house^ long fsay tli at sort ofi thing’it almost makes enpngh to .see IMrs. Carlton again he 1 . 1 . «. '■%■i « - i* . 1 _ - *■ J —' * l '-1 ___ * a . L. .L r» inAiilf. Ann O\_ r his thoughts into words said that she who had been the star of his life was indeed too' that it wasjperbaps weil t ¿ right for him, al tor her that II t K f k i t i l l 1 1 IW S S I t M V U W v u y M f j , * » p --------- I I • 1 ° _ me feel as though I had taken a wrong would; not be safe from insult, arjd ap- - • n ’**- - • - - 1-!-- L- a man of honor ----- in- advantage of your ignprance of the I pealed to him as a man , ¡world'. No, Milly, if “you ever belong sisting a t the same time on the fact of »/v « ma (t /inn nnlv Ha mLan vriti RFA I VlAinflT 'ft fflG IWUIiU* XiVj iuiiij) u j Vl4 v’v* “ . j O 1 *:* , jrv w . | ¡1 * j . . |toame, It can only be when yc^u, arfe j Mildrecl’B, being ft great heiress—to ¡twenty-one, andi your own nr.strefi, give hia promise not to* attem p t to aee and ¡in all fhe time till then I shall or communicate in arty way with her nev^r be allowed to see you. Heigh- until she .should be ol' age.. Appealed ho! i But still,’? ¡he added, as if talking to in this way M r.ReCve felt that he to himself, “ it wouldn?t be right,!. it could not d o ! otherwise than assent, wouldn’t be hoHorable,- to keep them Perhaps .be had some |faint hope of an in ignorance. ’¡No, it must be told to- opposition^ v io le n t\ 3?>23:EXiY>S ' S T , ° n!8tf i G. BACON, Proprietor. OHSTEUP-A.- I N S U R A N C E , - .1 j i i i .1 » L i f e , A o o i d e i a t , F i r e . VeW Y o rk Life¡ Jnamrance Co. 1 -4 ■ Asset* $4 OOO.OOO. 1ill - [ T X | V V V ) W W V I i divided among assured. ; rioflU of Ütisrness,!all' j ! Traveler* Insurance Co. ‘•Asset# »500,000. isnred sarW A w th ¿V'dleabUUy ¡ from acci- \ slXkincU.\ 1 i 1 ¿ ait» of A ----- ! M oiri»''¡Fire , inim a n c e j Co. ''Assets'SlloOCi.CKK», , ' Albany City F iré Iou rán o e Co. a ' Assets. $300Ì,'ÒqO/ 1 Tsrm bTÜldbig.; f e e d . lonù Brak, Juael5tÜlÄÄ 2?**^ 7 f A W. LARJCER, Agent. gnorance. ■ xx o, it mum uc w m i,u -1 vp^usuiyu, » ai,d unreasonable nigbt^ .cowie qut coule.” ~ enough po justify him in refusing all He'lapsed inio silence, b u t present- term s ; as it was,'however, he gave the ly began a^ainj Mildred had left h er ] required jiromise with a heavy heart, position by^liis ¡¡chair, and seated her- subjoining to it the . ^rords “ after to- self on a footstppl before the fire. ' morrow,” though he ¿ f r e e ly hoped to “ P eople wlould say I was talking I be jallowed to take: leave ol Mjjdred. insense, bnt! really I don’t think, i t The carriage was a t tbe doOr :n' x - __ U 1 klil «tin» fnr m il nprt m Amin O' to conve a t six o’clock next morning to Convey him Ï kn,¿>w you love ime, and 1 1 to t the station, and | ¡he Was passing will be such a very bad thing-for you after4ll. I know you love I me, and I - - - -r , tj , . , n. . *«. - don’t] bolieve ybu ever could love aiiy through the hall, when ^ sott wbffiper she had been untrue. He raised the hair for .an instant to hit lips, and then dropped it gently into the fife, where the flames sprung up crackling to meet it, next he burnt the few scraps he b a d « Jier writing and last y opened ’.his ittingbook and wrota as follows: D ear S ibt —I have raconsideredroy decision, and if you will allow me to change my mind, I sha 1 be happy to accompany your son to Pan for the winter, and prepare him for Oxford. I can be ready to start any day next week that may suit you I -I am, dear Sir, Yours truly, E dward R eeve . The note was finished, and Edward Rjeeve went out and posted it« Re turning, he smoked for an hour or two, s6 energetically that th e room was in a cloud, and then, he went to bed, and drew 'the clothes over cried.iike a child. one else as well,” Her lips formed [ reached him th r o u g h the . green-baize schoolroom, • i. _ i * J . never,” bbt the sounk was scarcely I dopr bf the wlioolroom, “ Mr. Reeve !” audible. “ And y°n ¡see, poor as 11 He turned bj^k,> a n d jM ildredsJipped am, I believe I shall always be able to | into his hand a bit of- for a walk, he had strolled through the park to the station to meet the only train from Paris, and. as.it seems, had had his curiosity gratified' by a right of the party. 'T h e y ’re bride and bridegroom honeymooning, Mr. Reeve—the cour ier told me. At least not quite honey m o o n ing,! suppose, for the mother’s with them, and I heard, something about a st ep-father coming.” c “ You’ll, w ant a dozen mothers-in-law to look after you a n d your wife when your time comes for honeymooning, if now,” you go on as you are going on said Mr. Reeve jokingly ; “ as I live, I believe you’ve been playing .at t a i l l e in your g reat coat.?’ ^ “ No, Ï haven’t,” laughed the boy; “ b u t I ’ll tell you what I did do. I meant to bave éome back in the ’bus,, but it was full, so I ran all thé way and got here in time to see them get out. The bride was so pretty, and they are not goingi to stay, so it was my only way to make sure of having another look a t her, but I ’ve n o t had time to epolyet.’? , \ “ The most idiotic proceeding,” be gan Mr. Reeve, looking at the boy’s crimson forehead ; then checking him-« self as if he thought be was lecturing, he added,“ better n o t do it again, „Gil bert if you are so imprudent you will do away with all lhe-gôod of P au, and you are so well now.” Gilbert might perhaps have blushed, but that he could not grow .redder than he already was ; instead., he tried to change \the subject. ( “ The bride really is a .¿stunner. Such eyes, and such hair. \H e r mother! if she is her mother, is quite a young woman, not above forty, I should think. I didn’t hear her name, the courier only said, ‘ Sir Edward and Lady Lifford.’ ” “ Sir who ?” Mr. Reeve turned to him with awakened interest. “ Oh 1 I forgot to tell you, they’re iey' tht Sir Edward and Lady Lifford on tneir wedding tour. He is to dine at* the table-d’hote to-night, the ladies said they would not come down.” Mr. Reeve turned away. ^ He felt sick a t heart.( W h y should they, of all people in the world, haye crossed his path ? Mildred—he thought b| terly—had driven' him out o f Englai and now she must needs pursue hifti here. Before he had recovered him self the table-d’hote bell rang, .and Ije turned in with Gilbert and took his g lace at dinner. His neighbor at ta le, a good-hurnored Frenchman with whom he had struck up an intimacy, found his efforts at conversation re sponded to very, feebly on this qyen- old trust made h e r send for him Hu her distress ? I t diet' not signify, in either casé hé m u st obey heir summons, for he could foot confess himseif to*# weak to bear to see her: j A t half-past eleven Re presented ijm- self a t the door of the Hotel de^ErariOie,' and asked for Lady ¡Lifford. \ -Miíacíi was at borne, Monsieur would find h er apartment au p r e m ie r ^ if he would give himself the .trouble to walk up stairs. The apartment dóór was open* ed by an English lady’s-maid, showed him Into th e sitting-room, who and departed without announcing him, clo- sing the doorj softly liehind hér. On ni low chair before the fire sat Mildred! reading. She had not heard hitn enter, and for a second he watched her in ¡silence.. The firelight glancing on hair as. b right and luxurir was the bad ant as ever, b u t | he .could see that hand held up to shade her face grown, thin; thej face!, too, was paler than it used to be, and lie fancied that t;he lines o f the ¡mouth had a look of siadness that the^ were strangers tjo on that day four years ago—remembered; ah, how vividly—when she [had sat at his feet in the schoolroom at Chaley Hall. ! j Awkwardly enough hg I advanced toward the fireplace, but at the step. Mildred beautiful eyes first old looked up, and the m et his. She colored violently as she rose from ¡her seat, held out her hand, and tried to sp¡eak, but the effort was too great]; she hid her face in her hands, and burst*¡into tears. j . f ’ ' 1 • A great lump stuck in - E dward Reeve’s throat as he stood looking at her, quité finmanned, land with all his sternness melted. “ ¡TJell me ¡any thing you like,” he said, gently.;* “ don’t grieve so, I did not* fcqrae here to blame you.” ¡ But Mildred did not hear, she was struggling with her sobs. “ I j beg yóur pardon,” she managed at last fo gasp out. “ I t is so foolish, but! I have been ill,’ and^—and ¡unhappyI” All at once she turned so palé that he thought' she was going to faint. | Instinctively he put out his arm to sup p o rt her] per- gesture,! she ing, and soon noticed that his compan- tiixed Xi ion’s eyes were f on a tall, rather heavy-looking Englishman of about sixty-five who sat opposite, making poor work of the thin so(up and greasy fish placed before him. That Mil dred’s husband 1 To think , o f her in hbr bright, youth and beauty, sacrificed to a man old enough to b e , her grand father I To think of her consenting to such a sacrifice on| the very eve of liberty ! Edward Reeve recollected all her loving words to him. W hen he 'burnt her hair he made a fond foolish excuse to himself for | n o t de stroying the little purse, by saying he had promised her to keep it always, but! now he thought he would burn it as soon as h*e reached his. room. W h a t had it been but the frail token of a fickjle love ?q * L ady Lifford might be drihking her tea up-stairs, b u t Mildred —hlis Mildred—with her pure love and childlike 'faith, could never exist agajin, if indeed she ever had existed exfjept in his own fancy ^ aricy.ou, §ir Edward, is to let your just anger fall upon me, and hot upon' your wife.” j I “ Upon my wife ?’? repeated Sir E d- W hen dinner was over, Sir E d ward rose, and coming round to Gil bert, touched him on the shdulder. ;i,i ‘j I beg your pardon, but I fancy )u are a son o f my old friend,' Gilbert yo Blajke. Do you know if your father was a t Christchurch in ’20 and ’21 ?” Gilbert colored and answered1, and the next moment he had accepted Sir Ed vard’s invitation to spend the even ing in his rooms. Almost before Mr. Re ive had caught the purport of the cor versation, he found himself inclu des iu the invitation ; whiob, however, he leélined, pleading a bad headache, •anc walked home to his rooms chafing inwardly. A headache ! The Liffords we re only passing through Pau, and thm> headache should last until they we ^effa irly gone; he could hot, ho, and he would not meet Lady Lifford. He tried, with indifferent success, to devote himself to his books till Gilbert cane home, and then refrained from all questions as to how the evenings had been, spent. «. I t was rather* a re lief that (Gilbert seemed disposed to be l \ \ ^ ^ rood deal less communicative than J that gold. H e maintain myself by teaching* or wri-1 took her in his arms for-a mornent and tiog. Perhaps I ooul'd get on thejkissed her; ashedidjisp sheWhisperèd, staff of one of the] hewspspers, and “ In four yea^sl” four yéárs^fay The spesker, a lad with' à frartk English ]f$çè, a delicate skin; vnbw suffus^ Hyritb colon; and carly hsir, m et and joined histutOT,'Bdi S rd:^.Îtèéve, ‘« r he turned into the ïfee Royàl. Pàu; bn his’ way : to th'ë '^Isÿ^jâitf not>’*ïive together Upon bis knee. f . „ \ thatm^n;j£ A .,} » ¿lU [l7ro,rA ¿|iiho^»l^-e*w e !ëyéry day from their , “ I don’t believe you care for ms-aj Ih ;sp»teof ¡'winfc'.ho haa.iiSSidviwhep lodgings to dine a t the tsble-d’hote for ¡¿it, o r you wouldn't * r n * uuttnd things o n ’purppse to rex me* 'Such ¡nonsense, too;’’ she went on, witb pretty pettishhciM of A ¡¿hild, and deed*‘«he looked little- m o re; . . . . . . . - , - , when we- _ I mean some day—every-1 tenanoe of his mother and m part with noon, and, lacking CHAPTER “ Wi^H'Mr; Reeve, who'those people are, and what’s mòre, I’.ve æ e n them.” his head, and U. I’ve found out of seventeen, usé al. 1 H e volunteered no account of hial virit, and a few. words wete ex changed before the two gentlemen parted for the night. N e x t morning as Mr. Reeve -was sitting^doggedly down to his books im* mediately- lifter breakfast—Gilbert’s studies did not begin till Taler in the da|yr-a little pink note was put in bis handt The’ c ontents weHe^as follows: F HOTML SB FaiBCB, TCBSDIX. D ear U r . RB*v»—If you esh spare th > tim e it wOttldbe very kind o f you to call here to-day between l l and l o’clbfek.i I have M yeral thisga to say to: youV; and g^Mitly'y^sh ^ s e # i *®®?. J Youia very trithr, ;. ‘ i ‘ ‘ ’ <>v— l II.ILDRUD WlfOM»: W a s'itinot eooi^ch,w? shluin trouble, and some shadow o f h f f one look up haps she mistook the urned toward Him, gavel jgHae familiar face with its expression of ^uuohanging tenderness; and burst out crying again with her head on his jreast. .1 - ij For once in Edward Reeve’s,life be ost all power of self-controL^j Away went every thought ofHjsrhat was due to her and himself—away went dence, swallowed up in his g reat and grief for her. “ Mildred, dred,” be cried! with an exceeding bit ier cry, and clasping her to his heart, pru- love Mil- her be showered down kisses upon lair. F o r onej instant he held her in ,hat position, the next-the door open ed, and Sir Edward Lifford walked innocently ibtp. the roomjl Mr. Reeve released Mildred. * The moment o f that, passion had passed, and shame overcame him at the sight of the man he had'wronged. But he must shield Mildred if he could, so he advanced toward Sir E d w ard, a certain dignity of mariner concealing his real feelings. “ I dare not ask your forgiveness,” h e s a i d ; “ y ou-can hardly think my conduct.more reprehensible than I see it to have been. I have been culpably neglectful ôf mÿ duty, and l am deeply sén8ible o f it. I All I can venture to ward, opening his ¡horiest eyes ¡very wide a t this grandiloquent speech; anjd looking curiously peaceable. “ W h at in the0 w orld lias Lady Lifford to d]o with it ? Dq man. you suppose, young that I make her responsible fdr to look after his tutor* may Perhaps he s be able to .enlighten you.” Gilbert’s handsome' face -showed walked up » Mr. you,- itself a t the dbor, -Witbdaughihg eyes and. outstretched h a n d n ie to his tutor: . c . Y May X cpngratulate f , _ Reeve ? 1 was not far wrong, was I , in telling Lady Lifford* that I thought yott were’still wearing the, willoW for a young lady you had been engaged to— (that’s . wby^ be tyrannized1 o y er me s o ) / he added, in a eomio aside to Lady Lifford. •’ |. “ W rong, hoY .but how ¡¡ft the world did you know anything about it ?” “ Sir, you have*’a s is ter; I have a m o ther; they know eachi other,” said Gilbert, dramatically. j “ Come, come,” 8ai.d Lady Lifford, you talk a s if I had’nothing to'do wjtn it. I am not going to let you .carry off all the eredit of- this, happy denoue- ment.” been the freaks and follies of any young lady she has thje charge, of ?” Unbounded astonishment took, pos session of Mr. Reeve’s face—he lopkejd at Mildred, almost doubting his own sense .of hearing. ] “ Is nbt she—d a you mean—is’ nbt this Lady Lifford?” he stammered at last, in dire confusion rt i | No! here is Lady Liffotjd, if you please,” &&i<i a cheery \ voice, and a blooming woman, fat, fair and forty, with the rosiest cheeks and' the merri est smiie1, walked ¡into tbe roora. “ Mr. Reeves, what havpJyou saying to distress! Miss Grant so ? ’ “ My dear, perhaps you may be able to understand what Mr. Reeve means, be hanged if I ¡can,” said Sir Edward, d sat,himself down stolidly upon an Ottoman. t Edwardj Reeve had turned to Mildred, and drawn her again inio his arms before them all. My darling, tell roe only one tiling,*%e whispered, “ do you belonjg to roe still?” . And. E ady Lifford laid hands on Sir E d w fld and conveyed him and herself out o f the room; a n d 'left the lovers to getkefJ “ i And so you forgive me niy little plot, do you,- Mrf Reeve ?” laughed Lady Lifford,r. about j an ^:ihom later, .whenthi s^hen th e y weré áH'sipated at lunc won Mr: B e e r s ,ifjá\;'¡bé4tóí¡fíg.d ¿Hi». ............. ,.ig. , J., Were gHtteriug through his iip«ctacle« . A Quaker hád his broad bi 'filili Wñfc*ioff;dVçhasèd ari iVfor a.]p/g. t kadwtÔngbT ,np »]>iritJ : niòst TiBr^imtfd'pkeli: is ti * yow lady-' led’,: * b i í ; Í óVéfr “-No,” - said Gilbert, folding his hands resignedly. “/ knew no names, and little thought, in the innocence! of my heart, wheii J came up last night with Sir Edward, that I was being led into a p lot which would end in my being left tutorless, and probably plucked.’’ “ ¡Be quiet, sir, and let me tell iriy story to Mr« Reeve,’’ said Lady L i- ford, goodl-huraoredly; I had no iduai of taking my niece abroad to try wh i t change of [climate would do for her without knowing,.v?hat the complaint was that came upon her so queer! v ' last Christ mas-day. So by degrees 1 persuaded her. to-confide in me, and I halve been on theHook-out for you,ever since. W h en I heard what Gilbert (MrJ Blake,-! beg' your pai;doD, I k'nejw your father «6 well in old-days), what Gilbert told me, I put.tw o 'a n d two together, and it flashed upon me all a t once that it was m y marrrage you had heard of and mistaken for Mildred’s. My poor brother had quarreled with me years ago about money matters, and his wife never forgave mo till the- other day,-'so it Was no wonder you had never heard, at, Chaley Bridge, of a Mildred Grant.of (he last generation, and I thought'that you might n o t> hat ¡the Grants had been Rich ards always from father to son. Gil bert confided (o me tbat'he bad^akeu Mildred for mo a t the station, ana de- , scribed her to you accordingly. So you see it. was -irresistible to write you a npte just.a little more intimate than I should naturally have sent, and to take care that Mildred should be iu the drawing-FOom„to receive you. Gil bert was ;a good boy .and h dd, his tongue, and you and Mildred proved yourselves quite equal to the sii ua- tion.” Lady Lifford made a courtesy to niece, who, between her smiles and tears and her blushes, looked a charming-picture of confusion. - “ Haw, haw!” Sif Edward’s loud laugh rang through the gr'oup ; i!t is doubtful whether he “had ¡previously had a clear idea o f what, was going on . “ Best joke I ever -heard ; ' thought I wasgoing- to call ; him put for kissing my wife, eh ?” # \ “ Allow :me to kiss.ber hand, this time in yotfr presence, -Sir Edward,” said Mr. Reeve, with unprecedented gallantry, and suiting the action to the word. He* retained her .hand in his after raising his head,.as he said, “ My dear Lady Lifford, you have been a sort o f Providence to us b o th ., I don’t know how X shall-ever thank you, but it will take a long, tiriie, and—it’s sure ly n o t true that you are going to leave Pau to-morrow ?” . \r , N o t we,” rejnined Lady Liffor^ with a nierj^r laugh; “ Providence will not d esert'you so soon as all that. W e are only abroad for pleasure. Sir i Edward say's he l|kesPain and il intend to stay for'the wedding.’’ her her very R oman - R elics .—F urther evidence of this Roman occupation .in the neigh borhood of Bath, England, has lately, come to light'.- A field iii the farm1 be„- longing to Mr..’Mathews, called Cold Harbor Farm, in W ick Parish, by the inequalities of its surfacelias long been looked upon as one likely to. reward ^ the antiquary in' his ' researches. - *Ex- ¡ cmrationo tava boon carried on- there under .tlie. auspices and at the expense of the Bath N atural History ¡and Anti quarian Field, Club; with very satisfac tory .results^ A considerable portion of a very extensive - Roman villa has been uncovered, and the plan of- the two hypocaii&ts ’and the fonndation walls of several rooms taken by an , ar tist. From the ex^tensive massiveness of some o f the main walls-it appears to have been a villa of considerable importance* A g reat quantity o f roof ing tilesrmadé of* “ pennant” stone, broken piçcés ô f black, brown and red pottery, bits of ^Samian ware, large and jsmall beaded nails (the lat- teT. used innrpofihg), portions of the -antlers' o f the large deer,' bits of fine wavy .glass, coins of the lower empire, and many .other’ objects of interest have been found, all of-which will be deposited] a t the. local literary inslitu- tibn: i V »-> i» — ** ii: fruiti brim blown time with him: WàU; A t ■last;; seeing ,a b o j ;; _lf:oa4. < his..di»aster^ho.<Mid u.to;. ‘ A r t lboo> i« ¡¡ profan« J a d ?’’ - ; but her« cornée yonr.popil T%«üyodngstér replied lAst h«-did a.-,« n Üitîë^ln that way.1' “ Ttren/said he; frorii' “ th(Bé iiiMÿ' à ë  fièétingHilé v: fiftYcéüU’ worâfc” /
